Left Behind: Overdose, homelessness and survival during Covid-19

Listen to the full radio documentary below, first aired on UpFront September 15, 2021. To listen on SoundCloud, click here.    This story was reported by journalist Ariel Boone (@arielboone) for KPFA and Street Spirit, with support from a USC Annenberg California Health Journalism Fellowship and the KPFA Storytelling Project. To read the accompanying print … Continued



Fighting the Tide: Efforts to Restore the California Kelp Forest

As climate change continues to transform our planet, many of its effects are fairly visible to us – things that make the nightly news, like fires, floods, heat waves and hurricanes. But we sometimes forget that climate change touches every part of our planet. Scott Baba filed this report, on the vast but mostly unseen … Continued


A weekly magazine-style radio show featuring the voices and stories of Asians and Pacific Islanders from all corners of our community. The show is produced by a collective of media makers, deejays, and activists. Powerleegirls Miko Lee and Jalena Keane-Lee host the #NeverAgain Series about the Japanese American internment during WW II. Episode three focuses … Continued


“Sean died for a bigger cause”: Remembering Sean Monterrosa

Interview with Michelle and Ashley Monterrosa ThisIsLucyKang · “Sean died for a bigger cause”: Remembering Sean Monterrosa   Twenty-two year-old San Francisco resident Sean Monterrosa was unarmed and kneeling with his hands raised when Vallejo Police Officer Jarrett Tonn fatally shot him through the windshield of a moving police vehicle in a Walgreens parking lot … Continued